Re: [gentoo-user] mirrorselect on new install

[Indi]

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:50:02PM +0200, Felix Miata wrote:
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6 seems to
> have a circular reference, that is, suggesting the use of the subject utility
> prior to chrooting and having any such utility in $PATH. I've never installed
> Gentoo before, so maybe I've missed something. Or maybe that page could use
> another link or some rewrite to clarify?
>
> I tried to find an answer via http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/ but it
> seems to lack a search function/box. :-(
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It's been quite awhile since I installed, but ISTR that mirrorselect 
must be emerged after chrooting into the new envirnment. 
You can also just add mirrors manually, like this:

GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/
ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/"

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